A Girls Trip

A Girls Trip. The Trip Your Group Chat Keeps Planning.

Where the year's best photos happen, and the group chat finally goes quiet.

You've been threatening to do this for two years. Someone screenshots their flight delay every time a different destination comes up. The Airbnb in Charleston was great, but the flights ate the budget. Someone in the group just got engaged. Someone is turning 40. Someone just wants a weekend where nobody asks her about her career.

Summer is calling, and this time, it's specifically calling your group chat.

A Girls Trip at Callaway Resort & Gardens is the version that works. Two hours from Atlanta. A spa day with a 20 percent Monday summer discount. A real lake (Georgia's largest man-made white sand beach, an actual statistic). A Pink Jeep tour that becomes the year's best group photo. Live music every weekend. And photos that won't all look like every other Instagram trip.

Who This Trip Is For

Bachelorette parties. Milestone birthdays of all kinds, the 30th, 40th, 50th, the I-just-finished-my-PhD weekend. The annual besties trip you've been doing for ten years and don't want to mess up. Mom-friends who need a real weekend without anybody named Mom. Sorority sisters reconnecting. Cousins. Coworker friends. Any group of women who want a long weekend with the right ratio of relaxation and actually doing something.

If your group chat has more than three unread messages right now and one of them includes the words "what about Callaway," this is your guide.

What Makes Callaway Different for Girls Trips

Most girls-trip destinations fall into two camps. Pure beach, which gets old after day one. Or pure city, which gets exhausting. Callaway Resort & Gardens is the third option, the underrated one.

You get a real beach at Robin Lake, Georgia's largest man-made white sand beach. A real spa at the AAA Diamond Lodge & Spa with a 20 percent Monday summer special. Real dining with live music every weekend, the patio at Cason's Taproom, and white tablecloth at Piedmont Dining Room. And the under-the-radar Pink Jeep tour that turns into the centerpiece moment of the trip and the new Instagram backdrop nobody else has discovered yet.

It's also a drive-to destination. Two hours from Atlanta. Three from Birmingham or Chattanooga. Manageable from Nashville and Macon. No flights means no flight delays, no checked bags, no airport drama eating into your weekend.

The under-stated thing about the property is that it's contained. You can spa, lunch, lake, walk, dinner, and dance party all without ever getting in a car. Cruise everywhere on a Callaway Cruiser golf cart rental if you don't want to walk in heels.

The trip your group chat keeps planning.

The Centerpiece. The Pink Jeep Tour.

If there's one activity that makes a Callaway Resort & Gardens girls trip different from everything else, it's the Pink Jeep tour. 1.5 hours in an open-air Pink Jeep Wrangler with an actual guide who knows the gardens. Stops at the Callaway Brothers Azalea Bowl at peak bloom, the Ida Cason Callaway Memorial Chapel, the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, and the overlooks of Robin Lake.

Cost. $50 per adult. The under-the-radar move is the private group experience at $350 for up to six — for a milestone weekend that splits at roughly $58 per person, the photos are worth it.

Book it for Saturday morning. Plan your outfits accordingly. Wear sunglasses you'd want to keep on in the pictures. Bring the disposable cameras if you're a particular kind of girls trip. The photos take themselves. You'll be using one of them as a profile picture for at least the next six months.

The Spa Day

The Spa at Callaway Resort & Gardens is built for groups, not just two people on a couple’s retreat. Private group treatments. Lunch delivered to the spa, so you don't have to leave. A salt room. Relaxation lounges that actually fit a real group of six or eight, not just two.

The play is to book a Monday for the Summer Spa Special. 20 percent off all services through August 27, 2026. Six women, 20 percent off each. Suddenly the spa day is back in the budget, and you can add the facial you were going to skip.

Build the spa around your group. Massages for some, facials for others, mani-pedis for the rest. Meet up in the lounge between sessions. Order champagne. The bachelorette or birthday girl gets the longest treatment.

The Beach and the Bar

Spend Sunday at Robin Lake. The Lake View Bar sits right at the beach. Cocktails, casual menu, sand under your feet and white wine in your hand. Rent a cabana for the group and make it the home base. Paddleboards, kayaks, Aqua Island if you're feeling brave (or if the bachelorette is feeling brave on behalf of the group).

The under-rated move is to stay through the Saturday-night Sunset Dance Party at Robin Lake Beach. Live DJ, lake at sunset, your group having a moment that nobody planned but everyone will remember.

A Sample Three-Day Flow

One version of a great girl’s weekend. Built around Pink Jeep tour times, Saturday-night Sunset Dance Party, and the Monday spa special if you can swing it.

Day One. Arrive, Toast, Patio.

Afternoon

• 3 p.m.  Drive in. Check in at 4 p.m. The Lodge sits at the top of the hill. You'll see Robin Lake on arrival and immediately understand why this works.
• 4 p.m.  Drop bags, change, regroup downstairs.
• 5 p.m.  Cocktails at Cason's Taproom. The patio has firepits and live music on weekends. Order something Southern and slightly silly.

Evening

• 7 p.m.  Dinner at Cason's or, if the group is feeling fancier, Piedmont Dining Room. The bachelorette or birthday girl decides.
• 9 p.m.  Nightcap at the Lake View Bar on the beach. Or the Lodge firepits if it's chilly. The night moves slowly. That's the point.

Day Two. The Big Day.

Morning

• 8 a.m.  Sunrise yoga overlooking Robin Lake (offered some Saturdays). 
• 9:30 a.m.  Late breakfast at Azalea Market. Coffee, pastries, sit outside under umbrellas.
• 11 a.m.  Pink Jeep tour (1.5 hours). This is the photo morning. Wear the outfit you've been saving.

Afternoon

• 1 p.m.  Lunch at the Beach Pavilion. Light bites before the spa.
• 2 p.m.  Spa Day starts. Group massages, facials, mani-pedis, lounge time between sessions. Stay through the afternoon. (Book a Monday for the Summer Spa Special and save 20 percent.)

Evening

• 6 p.m.  Pre-dinner champagne in the cottage. Dress for the night.
• 7:30 p.m.  Dinner at Piedmont Dining Room. Splurge. Order the bottle. Toast the bachelorette, the birthday girl, whoever needs toasting. Cake or not, this is the moment.
• 9 p.m.  Sunset Dance Party at Robin Lake Beach. Stay through. Move to the Lake View Bar. Wander back when you wander back.

Day Three. One More Round.

Morning

• 9 a.m.  Late breakfast at Country Kitchen. Pine Mountain views, big plates, a real diner moment.
• 11 a.m.  Check-out. The day pass is still good until close.
• 11:30 a.m.  Beach time. Cabana, kayaks, Aqua Island for the brave.

Afternoon

• 1 p.m.  Lunch at the Beach Pavilion or Lake View Bar. One more group photo.
• 3 p.m.  Hit the road. The drive home is when the group chat resumes. The photos start posting. Everyone's planning next year before they hit the highway.

Where to Stay

Cottages are the right call for a girl’s trip. Big enough for the whole group, private bedrooms, a kitchen for late-night snacks, your own porch.

The Lodge & Spa works for smaller groups of three or four. A block of adjacent Lodge rooms gets you closer to the spa and dining.

Villas are the move if the group is six or eight and you want one shared space with private rooms.

Where to Eat

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• Piedmont Dining Room for the splurge dinner. Dressy-casual, seasonal Southern. The big-night spot.
• Cason's Taproom for the patio, firepits, live music weekends, comfort food, and a real cocktail list.
• Country Kitchen for breakfast. Southern, Pine Mountain views, big enough for the group photo.
• Azalea Market for coffee, pastry, Starbucks. The slow-morning meeting point.
• Beach Pavilion for beach snacks and casual lunch.
• Lake View Bar for cocktails on the beach with sunset views. The right kind of casual.

The Package to Book

The Callaway Resort & Gardens concierge team has built a girls-trip package stack designed for exactly this kind of weekend. Three pieces layered together.

• Massage Two Remember. The spa-led overnight package built for groups who came for the treatments.
• All American 250th Anniversary Celebration Package with the Spa Angle. The 2026 anniversary package which includes a $250 resort credit to use on the spa or dining paired with a spa add-on, tailored for groups making it a milestone weekend.
• Third Night on Us Summer Package. The stay-longer add-on so a Sunday-morning departure becomes a Monday morning instead.

Pair the stack with the Summer Spa Special if you can book on a Monday. 20 percent off all services through August 27, 2026. That's how the spa day comes in under budget for the whole group.

Summer Events to Plan Around

The events to build a weekend around:

• Live music every Friday and Saturday at Cason's Taproom. 
• Nightly Sunset Dance Party at Robin Lake Beach next to the Lake View Bar (Wed–Thu and Sun 6:30 p.m., Fri–Sat 7:30 p.m.; no dance party Mon or Tue) is the Saturday-night move. 
• Wild Air: A Live Action Spectacular May 29 to July 28 is a surprisingly fun group activity (Wed–Thu 3 & 5 p.m., Fri 4 & 6 p.m., Sat 2 / 4 / 6 p.m., Sun 1 / 3 / 5 p.m.; no shows Mon, Tue, or June 28 to July 4). 
• Friday Night Luau Dinner & Polynesian Dance Show select Fridays May 29 to July 24 is an all-you-can-eat buffet and an hour-long Polynesian dance show ($99.99 per adult).
• Time a bachelorette or milestone around 4th of July Weekend with three nights of fireworks, or the new Labor Day Yacht Rock Weekend to close the season.

Tips & Tricks from Our Team

Real answers to the questions every group asks before booking the bachelorette or the besties weekend.

Booking the Right Setup

• Cottages with multiple bedrooms work better than booking adjacent Lodge rooms for groups of five or more. Privacy plus group living room.
• Book a Monday arrival or Monday departure to take advantage of the Summer Spa Special. The math works. Spa group bookings should be made well in advance. Weekends and Mondays in summer fill.

Getting Around

• Callaway Cruiser is the move for getting around without walking in heels. Book one when you book the room.

The Most Instagrammable Spots

• Callaway Brothers Azalea Bowl. Mid-morning light is best.
• Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Butterfly-in-flight is the dream shot. Plant walls and skylights make it work.
• Ida Cason Callaway Memorial Chapel. Golden hour, stained-glass interior, the iconic shot.
• Robin Lake Beach at sunset. Wide shot from the dock or pavilion.
• The Pink Jeep. Group shot, six women, sunglasses, jeep. The shot of the year.
• Lake View Bar deck at dusk. Cocktails in hand, lake in the background.
• The Lodge lobby staircase. Sleeper hit for the dressed-up dinner shot.

Pink Jeep Tour Quick Facts

• Duration. 1.5 hours.
• Cost. $50 per adult. $350 for a private group of up to six (the move for a milestone weekend).
• Book at Pink Jeep Adventure Tours or call the concierge.

For Bachelorette Groups

• Most photo-friendly time of day is early morning or golden hour. Plan the Pink Jeep tour accordingly.

Planning a Different Kind of Trip?

Ready to Book?

Callaway is Calling. So is your group chat. Pick up at 1-800-CALLAWAY or reach out for custom group planning. Mention you're booking a girls trip or a bachelorette. The team has a playbook for it.